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members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the very beginning we have concerns as we work to implement the law, and as i said yesterday on january 20th when this decision was announced secretary sebelius said quote we will continue to work closely with religious groups in this transitional periods to discuss their concern s. i would note that 28 states have similar contraception coverage requirements and eight of the states as i have mentioned before do not even the exemption that this provision requires for churches and house of worship. we want to work with all of the organizations to implement the policy that is as sensitive to their concerns as possib
members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the...
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carney, the white house press secretary attempted to clarify that reaction yesterday on air force one. he took up the issue telling reporters quote anyone who knows boston knows the red sox and in the room last night knows the preponderance of people shourting in response to what the president said about kevin youkilis were saying "youk" and not boo, for god's sake. with that in mind, the president may have been looking for some sports redemption last night in miami as he waded into the seemingly safer territory of congratulating the nba heat on their nba title. >> it would be incomplete if i did not congratulate the city of miami for having the world champion miami heat here in town. >> he gets a pat, miami heat, we know he knows basketball. lebron james's victory continue last night on the "late show" with david letterman, the finals mvp came out to a standing ovation. once he took his seat, dave letterman grilled him about why he took his talents to south beach. >> well now that you got this out of your system, you're ready to go back to cleveland and play some ball? i was on you,
carney, the white house press secretary attempted to clarify that reaction yesterday on air force one. he took up the issue telling reporters quote anyone who knows boston knows the red sox and in the room last night knows the preponderance of people shourting in response to what the president said about kevin youkilis were saying "youk" and not boo, for god's sake. with that in mind, the president may have been looking for some sports redemption last night in miami as he waded into...
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questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his policy proposals and there's real opportunity to work to get a lot of that done. it goes right to the point that i've been making that conventional wisdom holds that we can't accomplish things at that both the administration and congress controlled largely by the other party can agree on, but that's not true. that's a perfect example of an area to find common ground and can achieve some of the things that after all a number of the items that the house majority leader put forward in na op-ed in politico are ones that the president suggested in september and he reiterated at the state of june address. i think that
questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his...
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i believe jay carney. i take him at his word when he says that. if you go by standard of evidence that theteams are using, jay carney should have to prove that. somebody made that allegation. there was a coordination between obama world and between harry reid. maybe there wasn't. i don't think it's fair to ask the white house to support that. if you use the own standard they are using, they should have to produce that evidence. >> bret: down the row starting with steve about the v.p. choice. there are rumblings that it could be this week for mitt romney to make this choice. he is going to go on a bus trip. we can confirm that marco rubio is going to be in florida with him. rob portman will be in ohio. bob mcdonald will be in virginia. where are we on the choice? is it this week? steve? >> i don't think anybody nodes yet. but there is a window at the end of this week, thursday, friday time frame, for romney to make this announcement if he wants to. he has engagements this week, tomorrow. wednesday and thursday. fundraising breakfast in new york. th
i believe jay carney. i take him at his word when he says that. if you go by standard of evidence that theteams are using, jay carney should have to prove that. somebody made that allegation. there was a coordination between obama world and between harry reid. maybe there wasn't. i don't think it's fair to ask the white house to support that. if you use the own standard they are using, they should have to produce that evidence. >> bret: down the row starting with steve about the v.p....
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. >> and they're saying that jay carney is trying to sweep the story under the rug, but jay carney said, makes a big deal out of it, it sounds like someone who's trying to get out of the dog house or something. and they said i didn't mean to say what i said, but in fact, the dog thing has gotten way out of proportion on all sides. >> jon: andrea, have we heard the end of it now that there are dog stories about both campaigns. >> i hope so. i want to pun and say the race is dog-eat-dog, but there are more important issues, but back to the point you made, jim, it's a little weird when you have david gregory in february and you have bob shiver reporting the same sort of talking points about osama bin laden being dead and general motors being alive and it makes you think are they getting the same talking points? we know at that msnbc takes the talking points from the media matters, and they're off the same song sheet a lot. a lot of people in the press and said it and took flak for it, are lazy. >> jon: judy, want 0 weigh in. >> i don't buy it andrea, turn on to networks, people making the
. >> and they're saying that jay carney is trying to sweep the story under the rug, but jay carney said, makes a big deal out of it, it sounds like someone who's trying to get out of the dog house or something. and they said i didn't mean to say what i said, but in fact, the dog thing has gotten way out of proportion on all sides. >> jon: andrea, have we heard the end of it now that there are dog stories about both campaigns. >> i hope so. i want to pun and say the race is...
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. >> let's listen to jay carney defend the stapled. >> the president was not clearly understood by some people. he is a law professor. he spoke in shorthand. the president believes that the supreme court has the final word on matters of judicial review on the constitutionality of legislation. he would having been a professor of law. >> paul: dorothy, were you persuaded? >> there is secondary form of demagoguery. first of all the president in his speech was not being understood, who fault is it? it's the masses, the rest of us. [ laughter ] >> mr. carney had it wrong and somewhat troubled history in this. you can't blame this. this is what happens, this was most extraordinary problem. you had the words of the president unprecedented. you can't remace them from memory. jay carney explaining it was all okay. >> paul: if the president goes into th this direction, let's say they overturn or part of the law and if the president goes in this direction of making the supreme court a campaign issue, is that smart politics? can it work? >> no, i can't. but he has already done that. >> paul: but he
. >> let's listen to jay carney defend the stapled. >> the president was not clearly understood by some people. he is a law professor. he spoke in shorthand. the president believes that the supreme court has the final word on matters of judicial review on the constitutionality of legislation. he would having been a professor of law. >> paul: dorothy, were you persuaded? >> there is secondary form of demagoguery. first of all the president in his speech was not being...
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carney's comments and the president's comments. >> reporter: it's interesting because jay carney was trying to dismiss this e back saying it was a bunch of hearsay slapped together into a book, pushing back on this report from politico that there is a lot of infighting inside the obama camp inside chicago. all pushing back on the book when it eadges that the president has almost a hatred of mitt romney on a personal level. the book suggesting the white house and obama campaign do not have a lot of confidence in debbie wasserman shuts. she serves as chair of the democratic committee and he says that's not true and gave her a vote of confidence. after a few weeks of white house aides and obama campaign advisers not denouncing the ad and not plattly saying the cancer ad -- the president today -- he's the top one finally saying he does not believe that mitt romney in his actions led to the death of this woman. he flatly said that. he was pushing back on the notion that he had anything to do with the ad and was hitting romney hard for the ads he has been running. but part of the question
carney's comments and the president's comments. >> reporter: it's interesting because jay carney was trying to dismiss this e back saying it was a bunch of hearsay slapped together into a book, pushing back on this report from politico that there is a lot of infighting inside the obama camp inside chicago. all pushing back on the book when it eadges that the president has almost a hatred of mitt romney on a personal level. the book suggesting the white house and obama campaign do not have...
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carney now let's take a look at carney's rather pathetic response. would hesitate to speak to any particular case for obvious reasons and i would refer you to the department of justice for. for more on on that i think we absolutely honor and praise the bravery of reporters who are placing themselves in. extremely dangerous situations in order to bring the story of oppression and brutality to the world i think that is. commendable and it's certainly worth noting by us and is somebody who knew both anthony and marie i. particularly appreciate what they did to bring that story to the american people. as for other cases again without addressing any specific case i think that there are issues here that involve. highly sensitive classified information and i think that you know. those are. divulging or to divulge divulging that kind of information is a serious issue and always has been. not shocking at all that he would say that he doesn't want to refer to any specific case right that's always a good cop out to get away from having to admit that there is a
carney now let's take a look at carney's rather pathetic response. would hesitate to speak to any particular case for obvious reasons and i would refer you to the department of justice for. for more on on that i think we absolutely honor and praise the bravery of reporters who are placing themselves in. extremely dangerous situations in order to bring the story of oppression and brutality to the world i think that is. commendable and it's certainly worth noting by us and is somebody who knew...
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>> aconsideredding to jay carney it has nothing at all to do with the election. they actually think they can say that. with a straight face and get away with it. all the administration use taxpayer money to promote themselveses in an election year. this is pretty shameless and over the top. the president said it's a wide range of issues. it's not about contraception. of course it is. because of the way it was handled and the media covered "it" became a war on women. now you get stories of the mainstream media headline this morning that said republicans claim there is no war on women. this is in the news part of the paper. the idea is because there was some objection on grounds to force catholic institutions to respect them for free, it's a war on women. thaw want to deny access to contraception as republicans want to shut the door of american pharmacies for any woman looking for contraception. the media collaborated in inventing an issue. he said women aren't interest group, and of course they are in the eyes of the administration. >> bret: romney and his wife an
>> aconsideredding to jay carney it has nothing at all to do with the election. they actually think they can say that. with a straight face and get away with it. all the administration use taxpayer money to promote themselveses in an election year. this is pretty shameless and over the top. the president said it's a wide range of issues. it's not about contraception. of course it is. because of the way it was handled and the media covered "it" became a war on women. now you get...
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poor jay carney. he should have had it prepared. i remember the time, it wasn't that long ago, that the classes were obsessed with the idea this president as a candidate wasn't black enough then he was too black. >> right. >> his relationship with african-american voters is fascinating. and it's also at the same time overwrought and in terms of coverage and, frankly, how much more can you say about it? he's got 95% approval. he doesn't need to do this. he does need to do certain other things just on his campaign schedule. so my guess is the honest jay carney answer is there are 20 other things that he can do now and the naacp will be there for him and he knows that and they know that. >> part of that unspoken logic is that the president needs to better connect with white working class voters who are not at the naacp which brings us to michael's piece. michael, you talk about the president on the campaign trail, and the certain patterns have developed in the way that he talks to certain voters. i thought that was really interesting.
poor jay carney. he should have had it prepared. i remember the time, it wasn't that long ago, that the classes were obsessed with the idea this president as a candidate wasn't black enough then he was too black. >> right. >> his relationship with african-american voters is fascinating. and it's also at the same time overwrought and in terms of coverage and, frankly, how much more can you say about it? he's got 95% approval. he doesn't need to do this. he does need to do certain...
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carney praised journalists that have been putting themselves into dangerous situations to bring this whole truth to bring the story specifically he was referring to the two journalists killed in syria re colvin and now let's also not forget that anthony should deed died in syria just last week these journalists deserve respect they deserve praise they deserve commemoration but this is where something really interesting happened a.b.c. senior white house correspondent jake tapper took this opportunity to call out the administration on its double standard of praising journalists who go abroad and yet waging a war and whistleblowers and journalists right here at home. praising these journalists who were killed. but i'll keep citing where you might just might be president biden that it is sort of. how does that square with the fact that this administration. has been so aggressively trying to stop aggressive journalism in the states by using the espionage act system to take whistleblowers to court here currently i think that you can go up to the sixth time before the obama administration
carney praised journalists that have been putting themselves into dangerous situations to bring this whole truth to bring the story specifically he was referring to the two journalists killed in syria re colvin and now let's also not forget that anthony should deed died in syria just last week these journalists deserve respect they deserve praise they deserve commemoration but this is where something really interesting happened a.b.c. senior white house correspondent jake tapper took this...
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and i was struck by the fact that more a liberal president, jay carney came out the day of the shooting and said there will be no new policy. >> there is no republican support so you will not get... >> chris: what surprises me is how little democratic support. >> the reason the president didn't say anything about it, channelling what clinton said, when you look at southern ohio and northern florida, iowa, the places that will be swing areas in the presidential election, congressional election it is a bad issue for democrats and the moderate democrats find themselves in the position of, do they sacrifice themselves for a bill that probably will not have much impact and means when they lose they will not be able to do anything on health care or the environment or the other issues they care about, there is not political support for doing anything. >> chris: liz, can one support the right to bear arms and still question whether somebody like james holmes obviously disturbed, is able to get a semi-automatic rifle and a magazine that can carry 100 rounds. >> i think senator evan byah is exact
and i was struck by the fact that more a liberal president, jay carney came out the day of the shooting and said there will be no new policy. >> there is no republican support so you will not get... >> chris: what surprises me is how little democratic support. >> the reason the president didn't say anything about it, channelling what clinton said, when you look at southern ohio and northern florida, iowa, the places that will be swing areas in the presidential election,...
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jessica yellen posed the question to jay carney. >> we learned they are forming an external board to study the culture of the service. does the white house and president plan to name some of the members of that board? >> i don't have anything specific for you on that kind of review or further steps that might be taken. right now we're focused on awaiting the results of the completed investigation of the incident in colombia. >> does the president feel that whenever director sullivan decides to retire, if it's years from now or in the near future that at some point in the future the secret service should be run by somebody outside the culture of the secret service the way the fbi is run by somebody from outside the culture? >> i think we're about four days, five days into this incident, six days into this incident. to speculate about what might happen in the future with regard to this agency is, i don't think particularly illuminating. right now we're focused on this investigation, this incident, finding out what happened, holding people accountable and responsible for transgressions
jessica yellen posed the question to jay carney. >> we learned they are forming an external board to study the culture of the service. does the white house and president plan to name some of the members of that board? >> i don't have anything specific for you on that kind of review or further steps that might be taken. right now we're focused on awaiting the results of the completed investigation of the incident in colombia. >> does the president feel that whenever director...
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press secretary jay carney said a planneded rocket launch would be a flagrant breach of the country's international obligations and would jeopardize food aid from the u.s. iran's official news agency says its intelligence department has this mantle and assassination and sabotage network it says is linked to israel. also today, president mahmoud ahmadinejad said his country can manage its economy, even without crude oil exports. and iran said it would soon cut off oil sales to greece. there are few signs tonight that syrian troops are abiding by a u.n.-backed cease-fire supposed to be ramping up today. correspondent leland vittert's report contains images you may find disturbing. >> in flagrant violation of a cease-fire agreement that began today, the whine of incoming artillery pierced the morning air. this is the agreement asks a voice on one tape before another explosion. unconfirmable amateur video shows the art tillry unit around towns in the country. new video shows the torture of protesters, including government loyalists like opposition fighter on fire. in this video, soldiers
press secretary jay carney said a planneded rocket launch would be a flagrant breach of the country's international obligations and would jeopardize food aid from the u.s. iran's official news agency says its intelligence department has this mantle and assassination and sabotage network it says is linked to israel. also today, president mahmoud ahmadinejad said his country can manage its economy, even without crude oil exports. and iran said it would soon cut off oil sales to greece. there are...
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susan rice, jay carney was going out of his way to say it was a terrorist attack. the president himself went to the u.n. several weeks later, still talking about the tape. they were talking about a demonstration that was never held. i would expect the president to say on september 12th, this was a terrorist attack. but to ignore the fact that al-qaeda affiliates from that region, there had been terrorist attacks before, to me, this was politics at its worst. >> you've accused the administration of telling misleading stories and contradicts stories and to be fair, administration officials did talk about the movie being to blame. they did say the attack wasn't premeditated and were at least inconsistent on the word, terror. rudy giuliani said this wasn't the result of confusion, incompetence, i'm going to quote him, sounds like a cover up. would you go that far? >> yes, i would. i'm not saying this is a criminal cover up. this is a political cover up because it went against the president's narrative. he could not acknowledge there was a terrorist attack because he ha
susan rice, jay carney was going out of his way to say it was a terrorist attack. the president himself went to the u.n. several weeks later, still talking about the tape. they were talking about a demonstration that was never held. i would expect the president to say on september 12th, this was a terrorist attack. but to ignore the fact that al-qaeda affiliates from that region, there had been terrorist attacks before, to me, this was politics at its worst. >> you've accused the...
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jay carney is, of course, the white house press secretary. jay, from the president's singling out of mitt romney, am i to conclude that the white house has concluded, he's the nominee? >>el well, i can tell you that we -- you know, watch what you guys report and read what your colleagues report, and it certainly seems like he could well be. but the point the president was making was that all of the republican presidential con t contenders, those who would hold this office come 2013 have endorsed and supported the ryan republican budget. so regardless of who emerges as the republican nominee, it is -- this is not the -- the ryan republican budget and its sort of radical vision it represents, as the president said, is not something that only a faction of the republican party supports. it's not something that, you know, the mainstream of the republican party rejects. it is the republican budget. it has been embraced by every republican leader there is from governor romney on down. so what the case -- the case the president was making today, ther
jay carney is, of course, the white house press secretary. jay, from the president's singling out of mitt romney, am i to conclude that the white house has concluded, he's the nominee? >>el well, i can tell you that we -- you know, watch what you guys report and read what your colleagues report, and it certainly seems like he could well be. but the point the president was making was that all of the republican presidential con t contenders, those who would hold this office come 2013 have...
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. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney took issue with that. >> let me say this advertisement is category economy false and blatantly dishonest. >> reporter: he goes on to say this gives states more flexibility with regards to how they want to get those families back to work. >> meanwhile the president is in washington holding two private fund-raisers. apparently some comments are getting a lot of attention. >> reporter: this is during a fund-raising speech in connecticut when the president coined this new term. >> he would ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so he clan give another $2350 -- $250,000 tam break to people making -- it's romneyhood. >> reporter: obama campaign hasn't said whether romney hood will become affection churr. mitt romney responded to what he thinks about that lay belt he says it's obama loney if you can say that three times over. >> thanks for that live report. we'll see you tomorrow. >> the democratic national convention is four weeks away. organizes want to make sure you're taking part whether there in charlotte or not. the dnc the mobile app w
. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney took issue with that. >> let me say this advertisement is category economy false and blatantly dishonest. >> reporter: he goes on to say this gives states more flexibility with regards to how they want to get those families back to work. >> meanwhile the president is in washington holding two private fund-raisers. apparently some comments are getting a lot of attention. >> reporter: this is during a fund-raising...
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they have a secondary form of demagoguery, the president is in the speech is credited by jay carney was not being understood. whose fault is it? it's the masses the rest of us, the ignore ramuses who didn't perceive the debt, and this economy has had wrong and somewhat more normal troubled history in his and you can't blame him. this is what happens. this was, in the most extraordinary problem, you had the words of the president, unprecedented and you can't erase them from memory and jay carney explaining it's all okay. >> is, if the president goes in this direction and let's say the president does overturn part or all of the law and goes in the the direction of making the supreme court a campaign issue, is that smart politics, can it work? >> no, it can't. but he's already done that. you know, he's in this-- >> he's set it up, but he could back away from it and he could accept any decision and say, well, look, this is the law and we'll now move on. >> the president does not care about what he can and cannot do. it will not be effective politically, but he does have the feeling that he'
they have a secondary form of demagoguery, the president is in the speech is credited by jay carney was not being understood. whose fault is it? it's the masses the rest of us, the ignore ramuses who didn't perceive the debt, and this economy has had wrong and somewhat more normal troubled history in his and you can't blame him. this is what happens. this was, in the most extraordinary problem, you had the words of the president, unprecedented and you can't erase them from memory and jay carney...
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carney comes out and says this is not a tax, or when the white house itself says it's not a tax, the first thing that ought to come to mind when you hear that dishonesty is the phrase, liar, liar, pants on fire. >> here's what the editorial in the "wall street journal," among other things, said, referring to this confusion, the reaction coming from the romney campaign to the supreme court decision. "this latest mistake is of a piece with the campaign's insular staff and strategy that are slowly squandering an historic opportunity. mr. obama is being hurt by an economic recovery that is weakening for the third time in three years. but mr. romney hasn't been able to take advantage, and if anything, he is losing ground." now, in the scheme of things, you know the editorial writers of the "wall street journal," you know the influence that this newspaper has among republicans, the conservative base. when they say these things about the romney campaign, about the romney staff, how significant, in your historic assessment, is it? >> look, everybody in the campaign pays attention to what the
carney comes out and says this is not a tax, or when the white house itself says it's not a tax, the first thing that ought to come to mind when you hear that dishonesty is the phrase, liar, liar, pants on fire. >> here's what the editorial in the "wall street journal," among other things, said, referring to this confusion, the reaction coming from the romney campaign to the supreme court decision. "this latest mistake is of a piece with the campaign's insular staff and...
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so for what is jay carney -- why is he still doing this? >> i think it's the president's view that it was the video. that's why i think it's ideology. look, i understand people say the administration's lying, this is a coverup. for the sake of our country, i wish i could believe it were a coverup buzz that would acknowledge that they understood reality. it was inconvenient and they were trying to obscure it. i fear it's more the ideology -- >> greta: but ideology has to stem from some sort of facts. there is no fact to suggest that the video -- had had anything to do with the video in the state department. they say, at 8:30 at night when the ambassador went outside, there is nothing unusual. there has been nothing unusual during the day all outside. where does president obama get the video there? >> let's ask this question. how many communication was going on from the state department to the white house? before the white house started talking through jay carny and through others and through, as carney says, the administrationwide assessment
so for what is jay carney -- why is he still doing this? >> i think it's the president's view that it was the video. that's why i think it's ideology. look, i understand people say the administration's lying, this is a coverup. for the sake of our country, i wish i could believe it were a coverup buzz that would acknowledge that they understood reality. it was inconvenient and they were trying to obscure it. i fear it's more the ideology -- >> greta: but ideology has to stem from...
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jay carney, come back again. howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst. i want you to watch something. i thought it was good from newt. there's a little good from everybody. i like this part. besides the brazenness. here's something he said last nig night. he spoke about how he asks people to be with him and not for him. let's listen. >> i tell audiences, i never ask anyone to be for me. they vote yes and say i sure hope newt does it. i ask people to be with me because i think this will be a very hard and difficult journey. >> people listen carefully to what i'm saying. that is politics. you don't tell people i'm going to be your big brother and look out for you. i'm going to go to washington and look out for you. i need you once i get there. i need you to lobby with me. i need you to root for me. be part of me and understand me. participate. >> chris, it's also consistent with what newt gingrich's message and his critique is. he's saying, he's portraying barack obama as a king. the king of the welfare state. newt is portraying himself as the man of the p
jay carney, come back again. howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst. i want you to watch something. i thought it was good from newt. there's a little good from everybody. i like this part. besides the brazenness. here's something he said last nig night. he spoke about how he asks people to be with him and not for him. let's listen. >> i tell audiences, i never ask anyone to be for me. they vote yes and say i sure hope newt does it. i ask people to be with me because i think this...
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white house secretary jay carney was asked whether it has been a distraction for the president? >> it has not, i think it's been much more of a distraction for the press. he's here engaging in the business that he came here to do with the assembled leaders of the americas. >> this is strike two for the secret service which you're still dealing with fallout from those notorious white house crashers, the salahis who slipped in to the president's receiving line. strike two, strike three potentially for him. here's what the chair of the homeland security committee who has jurisdiction here, peter king had to say. >> my committee, we're going to look into all the details of what happened here, to see whether there should be changes in procedures. >> we'll have more on the secret service scandal later this hour. >>> all right, congress is back in session today and on their immediate to do list is the budget and taxes. at least six committees will begin drafting bills to meet a man dated $261 billion in savings over the next decade. congressman jim clyburn is the assistant democratic l
white house secretary jay carney was asked whether it has been a distraction for the president? >> it has not, i think it's been much more of a distraction for the press. he's here engaging in the business that he came here to do with the assembled leaders of the americas. >> this is strike two for the secret service which you're still dealing with fallout from those notorious white house crashers, the salahis who slipped in to the president's receiving line. strike two, strike...
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right now at the white house briefing jay carney is asked about the case of chen guangcheng. >> are you concerned at all that this case could open him up to criticism, though, from republicans who have seen some republicans saying that the president now the u.s. has a responsibility for chen's safety. >> i can assure you that the president is not concerned about political back and forth on this issue. he is focused on the need to advance u.s. interests in our broad-based relationship with china, very important economic, diplomatic relationship with china. he has and will continue to make a priority in that relationship or part of that, an open and frank discussion about our concerns about human rights. that's his focus. it is absolutely in our national interest for us to pursue that kind of broad-based agenda with the chinese. >> why release the documents now at this time to the anniversary of his death? >> two things. this morning west point's combatting terrorism center released 17 al qaeda -- >> as jay carney continues on to talk about other subjects, the bin laden documents, we'll t
right now at the white house briefing jay carney is asked about the case of chen guangcheng. >> are you concerned at all that this case could open him up to criticism, though, from republicans who have seen some republicans saying that the president now the u.s. has a responsibility for chen's safety. >> i can assure you that the president is not concerned about political back and forth on this issue. he is focused on the need to advance u.s. interests in our broad-based...